Essential decision making and clinical judgement for nurses
Thompson, Carl
Dowding, Dawn
This books provides the reader with the skills and knowledge to interpret anduse information effectively when exercising professional judgement and makingclinical decisions with patients. The text brings together issues specific tonursing practice and reviews contemporary research evidence, highlighting highlighting the important issues for nurses. INDICE: 1 Introduction2 Uncertainty and nursing 3 Probability - the language of uncertainty 4 Using Information in decision making 5 Theoretical approaches 6 What is a 'good' judgement or decision? 7 When decision making goes wrong 8 Avoiding errors 9 Diagnosis for nurses10 Prognosis in nursing 11 Evidence-based decisions - the role of decision analysis 12 The economics of clinical decision making 13 Involving patients in decision making 14 Communicating risksand benefits 15 Teaching clinical decision making and judgement
- ISBN: 978-0-443-06727-3
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido